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PREVIOUSLY ON "SALEM"...

Increase:
I WILL FIND MERCY LEWIS

WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

[ WOMEN SCREAMING ]

Anne:
ARE YOU SAYING THAT I AM...

Mr. Hale: A WITCH.

Increase:
TOMORROW I SHALL BRING

JOHN ALDEN'S CASE
BEFORE THE BOARD.

Cotton: HE IS INNOCENT.

AND YOU KNOW IT.

Selectman:
BY ORDER OF INCREASE MATHER,

I PLACE YOU UNDER ARREST.

Cotton: I'VE DECIDED
TO DEFEND CAPTAIN ALDEN.

Increase: TO DEFEND?

[ INSECTS CHIRPING ]

[ OWL HOOTS ]

Mercy: LET THE LITTLE CHILDREN
COME UNTO ME,

FOR THE KINGDOM OF THE DEVIL
BELONGS TO THEM.

COME.

SIT HERE, POOR BOY.

POOR, SWEET BOY,
WORKED TO DEATH BY YOUR FAMILY.

EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE,

MAKING YOU UNFIT
FOR BURIAL IN THE CHURCHYARD,

SO THEY DUMPED YOU HERE.

[ Voice breaking ] ALICE.

DIED IN CHILD BIRTH,

PREGNANT
FROM YOUR MOTHER'S BROTHER.

THERE.
THERE, THE BABY.

SMOTHERED TO HIDE THE EVIDENCE.

LET MOTHER AND CHILD
BE TOGETHER.

I AM YOUR MOTHER NOW.

ALL OF YOU!

AND YOU ALL ARE MY CHILDREN.

MY FATHER,
THE GOOD REVEREND LEWIS,

SAID THAT THERE IS NO PURGATORY,

NO PLACE FOR SOULS LOST
BETWEEN HEAVEN AND HELL.

BUT HE WAS WRONG.

EARTH IS PURGATORY.

WE ARE THE GHOSTS
THAT HAUNT THIS LAND.

Mary: NO, MERCY.

YOU ARE VERY MUCH ALIVE.

PERHAPS MORE ALIVE
THAN ANY OF US.

YET YOU HAVE HIDDEN YOURSELF
LIKE A GHOST.

INCREASE SEARCHES EVERYWHERE
FOR YOU.

HE WILL NEVER LOOK HERE.

Mercy: BUT MY GIRLS.

WHAT OF MY POOR GIRLS?

Mary: HE HAS FOUR OF THEM.

BUT DO NOT FEAR FOR THEM
OR YOURSELF.

SOON OUR GRAND RITE WILL CLEANSE
THIS LAND OF THE EVIL MEN DO

AND THE MEN WHO DO IT,

LIKE THE GREAT FLOOD
OF BIBLICAL TIMES,

MAKING WAY FOR OUR NEW WORLD.

AND REST ASSURED, MERCY --

YOU, YOUR GIRLS,

AND ALL YOUR CHILDREN
SHALL HAVE A PLACE THERE.

Mercy: [ PANTING ]

OH, THANK YOU.

[ SOBS ]

BUT TELL ME --

TELL ME SO I MAY REASSURE THEM
IN THEIR FEAR.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT IS COMING?

Mary: DEATH.

[ "CUPID CARRIES A GUN" PLAYS ]

* POUND ME THE WITCH DRUMS

* WITCH DRUMS

* POUND ME THE WITCH DRUMS

* POUND ME THE WITCH DRUMS

* THE WITCH DRUMS

* BETTER PRAY FOR HELL

* NOT HALLELUJAH

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

Cotton: [ Thinking ] 'TIS
AN ANCIENT PROVERBIAL TRUTH

THAT IT REQUIRES BUT ONE DEAD
APPLE TO ROT AN ENTIRE BARREL.

AND I COME TO BELIEVE
IT REQUIRES BUT ONE APPLE

TO MAKE THIS WHOLE LAND
EQUALLY ROTTEN.

AND NOT JUST ANY APPLE,

BUT THE MALUM.

THE ICON OF THE APPLE

RUNS THROUGH ALMOST EVERY IMAGE
WE HAVE OF THE GRAND RITE.

THE GRAND RITE BRINGS ABOUT
DEATH,

DEATH ON A MASS SCALE.

WE KNOW LITTLE
OF ITS OPERATION,

NOR THE --
THE MECHANISM OF MAGIC

THAT UNLEASHES THE --
THE DEATH THAT FOLLOWS.

ONLY THIS ONE ENIGMATICALLY
SIMPLE SENTENCE --

"MALUM EST APERTA."

"THE EVIL BEGINS."

BUT I HAVE BEEN MISREADING IT
ALL THESE YEARS.

WE ALL HAVE,
MY FATHER INCLUDED.

"MALUM" MEANS "EVIL,"
BUT EQUALLY "APPLE."

AND I KNOW BELIEVE
THE SENTENCE TO READ,

"THE APPLE OPENS,"

AND, BY IMPLICATION, UNLEASHES
THE DEATH THAT RESULTS.

I BELIEVE I HAVE SEEN
THAT APPLE,

OR THE BOX THAT CONTAINS IT...

IN THE HOUSE OF JOHN ALDEN.

[ KNOCK ON DOOR ]

YES?

Anne: REVEREND MATHER?

I KNOW IT IS LATE.

Cotton:
WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUT?

Anne: I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WHO ELSE TO TURN TO.

YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE
WHO CAN HELP ME.

Cotton: WELL, THEN YOU DID
THE RIGHT THING BY COMING.

UH...HOW MAY I HELP YOU,
AND -- AND WITH WHAT?

Anne: DO YOU THINK IT'S POSSIBLE
TO BE A WITCH

AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT?

Cotton: UM...

I-I THINK ONE WOULD KNOW

IF ONE HAD...DEEDED ONE'S SOUL
TO SATAN.

Anne: BUT WHAT IF
SOMEONE DEEDED IT FOR YOU?

Cotton: I CAN ASSURE YOU,
MISS HALE --

Anne: NO.
I WANT MORE THAN YOUR ASSURANCE.

I WANT...

I WANT YOU TO EXAMINE ME NOW...

FOR THE MARK OF THE DEVIL.

THEN, YOU MAY ASSURE ME.

[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]

[ BREATHING QUICKENS ]

Cotton:
I FEEL NO SIGN OF SATAN.

YOU SEEM, TO ME,
IN EVERY RESPECT,

UNMOLESTED BY THE DEVIL.

I ASSURE YOU, MISS HALE,

IF YOU WERE A WITCH,
YOU WOULD KNOW IT.

[ CLANKING ]

[ CLANKING CONTINUES ]

[ CLANKING STOPS ]

Increase:
ASK NOT FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS.

IT TOLLS FOR...

I WONDER WHO WILL BE FIRST.

WHO WILL IT BE?

Emily:
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

Increase: WHOEVER WILL SPEAK
WILL NOT BURN.

SIMPLE.

CLOSE IN HERE THIS EVENING, NO?

THINK I'LL TAKE SOME AIR.

WHILE I'M GONE, CONSIDER...

WHICH OF YOU WILL BE
THE FIRST TO CONFESS

WHAT THE WITCH JOHN ALDEN
DID TO YOU.

Woman: AAH!

[ DOOR OPENS, CLOSES ]

Emily:
MERCY, THANK GOD.

WE CANNOT HOLD ON.

HE IS GOING TO MAKE US TURN.

Elizabeth:
BUT YOU HAVE COME TO SAVE US?

Mercy:
NO, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.

YOU'RE NOT READY TO TRAVEL
AS I DO.

BUT REMEMBER, WE STILL SERVE
THE QUEEN OF THE NIGHT,

AND SHE HAS NOT FORGOTTEN YOU
ANY MORE THAN I HAVE,

AND THERE WILL BE A DAY
WHERE SHE WILL SAVE YOU.

I PROMISE.

BUT FOR NOW,

YOU MUST GIVE THAT OLD GOAT
WHAT HE WANTS.

Emily: I'M TERRIBLY AFRAID
IT'S US HE'S GOING TO SERVE UP.

Mercy: THIS IS SURELY
PART OF HER DESIGN.

HER WEB IS GREATER
THAN ALL OF OURS,

AND SHE HAS A VISION,

A VISION
OF WHAT THIS LAND COULD BE.

SO DO AS REVEREND MATHER ASKS

AND SPEAK AGAINST JOHN ALDEN
AT THE TRIAL.

Ancient witches: MALUM APERTA.

Mary:
BUT WHY JOHN ALDEN?

BUT HE IS INNOCENT.

IT MATTERS TO ME.

Ancient witch:
MARY, LISTEN TO ME.

TO FREE HIM WOULD
REVEAL WHAT YOU ARE TO HIM.

Ancient witch #2: YOU THINK
HE COULD LOVE YOU THEN?

Ancient witch:
DO NOT LOSE HIS LOVE.

USE IT FOR ALL OF US.

THAT IS THE SACRIFICE.

Increase: IN ALL OF THE
LITERATURE ON WITCHCRAFT,

ON MALICE, MALUM IS "EVIL."

SO YOU TELL ME WHY,
IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE,

SHOULD IT SIGNIFY "APPLE"?

Cotton: I HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE
THE MALUM REFERRED TO HERE

IS AN ACTUAL OBJECT,

AND THAT OBJECT IS HERE IN SALEM
AWAITING USE AGAINST US.

Increase: WELL,
IT'S AN INTERESTING THEOREM,

BUT...IT FAILS THE MOST BASIC
TENET OF RATIONAL THINKING.

TELL ME -- THE SHORTEST DISTANCE
BETWEEN TWO POINTS IS...?

-Cotton: A LINE.
-Increase: CORRECT.

AND OFTEN,

THE SIMPLEST EXPLANATION IS
THE CORRECT EXPLANATION.

Cotton: I'M ONLY TRYING
TO STOP THE GRAND RITE.

Increase:
STOP THE GRAND RITE?

YOU?
[ CHUCKLES ]

OH, MY, THE ARROGANCE OF YOUTH.

WOULD YOU EVEN KNOW
HOW TO STOP IT?

AND AT WHAT COST?

OR WOULD YOU LIKE TO
HEAR FROM ONE

WHO ACTUALLY HAS STOPPED IT
AND HAS PAID THE COST?

Cotton: YOU?

I NEVER KNEW.

Increase: MANY YEARS AGO.

IN MARBURG.

YOU WERE STILL JUST A-A BABY.

THE GERMAN WITCHES, OH,

FAR BOLDER
THAN EVEN THE ESSEX WITCHES.

THEY ATTEMPTED THE GRAND RITE.

WITHIN THE SPACE OF A MONTH,
A DOZEN CHILDREN DISAPPEARED.

THEIR BODIES WERE FOUND
BLED DRY.

THEIR INNOCENT BLOOD
SOAKED THE GROUND.

AND AS THE FULL MOON APPROACHED,
MORE CHILDREN DISAPPEARED,

AND I KNEW THE GRAND RITE
WAS NEARING ITS COMPLETION.

SO WHILE OTHERS SEARCHED
FOR THE CHILDREN,

I HUNTED THE WITCH.

AND I FOUND HIM.

HE HAD TAKEN THE APPEARANCE
OF A 6-YEAR-OLD GIRL,

BUT I KNEW THIS WAS NO GIRL.

IT WAS HIM.

AND I STRANGLED HER
WITH MY BARE HANDS.

AND AS THE LIFE LEFT THAT BODY,

THE DEVIL REACHED OUT
AND SNATCHED THE BODY,

BUT I HELD ON.

I WAS DETERMINED THAT HE SHOULD
NOT RETURN TO HIS HOME IN HELL.

AND MY HANDS WERE PLUNGED
INTO THE BOILING BLACK TAR.

Cotton: HELLFIRE.

Increase: THESE HANDS HAVE
ACTUALLY TOUCHED HELL.

AND THEY BURN ME STILL.

Cotton:
BUT THE GRAND RITE WAS AVERTED?

Increase: THERE REALLY IS ONLY
ONE WAY TO STOP THE GRAND RITE.

ONE MUST KILL THE WITCH
THAT BEGAN IT

BEFORE THE MOONRISE
THAT ENDS IT.

IN THIS CASE

KILL JOHN ALDEN.

[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

IT'S NO SECRET

THAT JOHN ALDEN HAS A COLD
AND A WILLFUL HATRED FOR US,

FOR EVERYTHING WE BELIEVE

AND FOR OUR PURITAN COMMUNITY
OF SAINTS.

AND SO, IT WAS

THAT A YOUNG JOHN ALDEN
SEVERED HIMSELF FROM SALEM

AND, ROOTLESS, FAITHLESS,
AND LOVELESS,

CAST HIMSELF
INTO THE CRUCIBLE OF WAR,

WHERE HE WAS CAPTURED
BY THE HEATHEN INDIANS.

AND THAT SEED OF EVIL WITHIN,
ALREADY A HARD AND VICIOUS KNOT,

FOUND FERTILE GROUND
IN WHICH TO FLOURISH.

AND THE SAVAGE SERVANTS
OF THE ANGRY, ELDRITCH GODS,

THEY SAW IN ALDEN
A GIFT FROM SATAN,

A POWERFUL AND VICIOUS WEAPON

TO BE USED IN THEIR HOPELESS WAR
AGAINST US.

AND SO,
BECAUSE OF HIS HATRED FOR US

AND HIS HATRED FOR ONE
HE FELT HAD BETRAYED HIM,

A POWERFUL AND A VICIOUS WEAPON
HE BECAME.

Cotton:
SIR, THIS IS PURE FANCY,

BALD CONJECTURE.

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MAY

OR MAY NOT HAVE HAPPENED
TO CAPTAIN ALDEN

WHILE FIGHTING FOR ALL OUR LIVES
AGAINST THE INDIANS

OR WHEN HE WAS HELD
THEIR CAPTIVE.

Increase:
WELL, THEN, LET HIM SPEAK.

LET ALDEN TELL US HERE AND NOW

EXACTLY WHAT TRANSPIRED
DURING THAT LONG PERIOD OF TIME

WHEN YOU WERE LOST
AMONGST THE SAVAGES.

SPEAK, MAN.

SPEAK!

NO?

ALL THOSE YEARS,
WHAT COULD HE HAVE BEEN DOING?

I WILL TELL YOU.

LIKE SATAN IN THE BOOK OF JOB,

HE WAS WALKING TO AND FRO
UPON THE EARTH

MASTERING THE TOOLS OF MALICE,

LEARNING THE DARK ART

OF SENDING DEMONIC FAMILIARS
TO DO HIS BIDDING AT A DISTANCE.

YOU WILL OBSERVE, HERE,
UPON HIS NECK...

[ SPECTATORS MURMUR ]

AN IRON-HARD, RAISED LUMP
WITH A HOLE,

AND IT WAS HERE
WHERE HE SUCKLES HIS FAMILIARS.

John: [ CHUCKLES ]

[ SPECTATORS GASP ]

Increase:
YOU WILL NOT LAUGH AGAIN.

I'M SURE YOU HAVE LAUGHED
MANY TIMES TO THINK HOW,

BENEATH THE VERY NOSE
OF A DEVOTED YOUNG WIFE,

YOU TURNED OUR LEADER,
A ONCE ROBUST GEORGE SIBLEY,

INTO A SUFFERING HEAP
THAT HE IS TODAY.

AND AFTER YOU HAD UNDERMINED
THE PILLAR OF OUR COMMUNITY,

YOU UNLEASHED
A CAMPAIGN OF TERROR.

IT WAS ALDEN WHO PROJECTED THAT
SPECTER OF DREAD, THE NIGHT HAG,

TO TERRORIZE MERCY LEWIS.

AND YOU WILL ASK,
"WHY? WHY MERCY LEWIS?"

WELL, PERHAPS IT WAS BECAUSE HER
FATHER, THE GOOD REVEREND LEWIS,

MARRIED ALDEN'S BITTERLY LOST
LOVE TO A HATED RIVAL,

OR PERHAPS IT WAS JUST TO SHOW
THAT NO ONE IN SALEM IS SAFE,

NOT EVEN THE DAUGHTER
OF A BLESSED REVEREND.

COTTON!

YOU ATTENDED MERCY LEWIS.

YOU HAD NO DOUBT
AS TO WHAT AILED HER.

Cotton: SHE WAS INDEED
UNDER SPECTRAL ATTACK,

BUT CAPTAIN ALDEN --

Increase: CAPTAIN ALDEN --
WHAT DID HE SAY

WHEN HE WITNESSED
SUCH AN ATTACK?

Cotton:
HE CAST SOME DOUBT UPON IT.

Increase: SOME DOUBT!

I AM TOLD...

HE SAID IT WAS...

"BULLSHIT."

[ SPECTATORS MURMUR ]

AND HE SAID
THAT PRAYERS WERE WORTHLESS.

PRAYER? WORTHLESS?

[ SCOFFS ]

ASK YOURSELVES --

EVERY TIME WE HAVE ATTEMPTED
TO CATCH AND STOP A WITCH,

WHO HAS RISEN UP TO DEFEND THEM?

WHO ALONE AMONG US,
IN ENCOUNTER, TIME AFTER TIME,

WITH WITCHES HAS EMERGED
WITH NARY A SCRATCH UPON HIM?

WHOSE NAME WAS ON
GILES COREY'S LIPS AS HE DIED?

WHO HAS PROCLAIMED THAT HE WILL
SEE EVERY MAN HERE IN HIS GRAVE?

AND WHO STOOD UP TO DEFEND
BRIDGET BISHOP

EVEN IN THE VERY SIGHT OF
THE MONSTROSITY SHE HAD CREATED?

I SWEAR TO YOU

THIS MAN CONDEMNS HIMSELF
EVERY TIME HE OPENS HIS MOUTH.

AND LIKE SATAN
IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN,

JOHN ALDEN UNDERSTANDS
THAT WOMEN ARE THE OPEN DOORWAY

THROUGH WHICH EVIL ENTERS
TO POISON US ALL.

HOW MANY WOMEN,
YOUNG AND OLD, GOOD AND BAD,

HAS ALDEN BEWITCHED?

IT HAS BEEN SEEN THAT JOHN ALDEN
ATTEMPTED TO SEDUCE

EVEN THE HIGHEST WOMEN
IN THE LAND.

MARY SIBLEY.

DID NOT THE ACCUSED
FORCIBLY ENTER YOUR HOUSE,

NAY, INTO YOUR VERY BOUDOIR,
IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT?

Mary:
WOULD I ALLOW SUCH A THING?

Increase: I DO NOT KNOW.

BUT YOUR SERVANT MAN
HAS TESTIFIED

THAT ALDEN DID INDEED FORCIBLY
MAKE ENTRY IN THE NIGHT.

Mary:
HE CAME TO DISCUSS POLITICS.

-Increase: POLITICS?
-Mary: INDEED.

TO ANNOUNCE HIS INTENTION

TO TAKE HIS FATHER'S SEAT
ON THE SELECT BOARD.

Increase:
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT?

MISS HALE.

THE ACCUSED WAS SEEN
KISSING YOU FORCIBLY IN PUBLIC.

THERE IS NO BLAME
ATTACHED TO YOU.

YOU ARE A -- A SLIGHT
AND DEFENSELESS SLIP OF A GIRL.

BUT DO YOU DENY IT?

Anne: HE DID.

[ SPECTATORS GASP ]

Increase: HE DID.

A SNAKE IN THE GRASS IS
WHAT JOHN ALDEN WAS

AND WHAT JOHN ALDEN IS.

AND WHEN HE WAS NOT ATTEMPTING
TO SEDUCE HIS BETTERS,

HE WAS SATIATING
HIS OWN INHUMAN LUSTS

IN ROOMFULS OF WHORES

IN THE BROTHEL
RUN BY HIS VERY OWN WITCHES.

[ SPECTATORS MURMURING ]

AND, WORST OF ALL, I THINK, THE
TENDER, YOUNG MAIDENS OF SALEM,

SO EAGER TO FALL PREY
TO HIS SERPENTINE WAYS.

Emily: MERCY TOLD US IT WAS --
IT WAS JOHN ALDEN

WHO CAME I-IN THE SHADOWS
IN THE NIGHT,

THAT HE -- HE KISSED AND LICKED
AND BIT EVERY PART OF HER.

BUT HE BEWITCHED HER
SO SHE MIGHT NOT NAME HIS NAME

BUT SHE MIGHT BLAME ALL
ON THE HAG.

HE TOOK HER IN THE NIGHT
IN SPECTRAL FORM

AND GAVE HER BODY AND SOUL
TO THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

[ SPECTATORS GASP, MURMUR ]

AND SHE -- SHE DREW US IN
AFTER THAT

W-WITH MAGICAL TRICKS
A-AND GAMES.

AND, SOON, WE WERE DANCING
IN THE WOODS WITH HIM,

WHERE WE TOUCHED EACH OTHER
AND, ONE AFTER THE OTHER,

LAID WITH HIM.

Cotton: REALLY?

ALL OF YOU?

ARE YOU SAYING, EMILY...

THAT YOU ARE NOT A MAIDEN?

IF I WERE TO EXAMINE YOU,

HAVE ONE OF THE WOMEN HERE
EXAMINE YOU...

THEY WOULD FIND
THAT YOU ARE NOT INTACT?

Emily: HE -- HE HAS TONGUE
AND FINGERS

AND INVISIBLE INSTRUMENTS
OF -- OF PLEASURE.

Cotton: AH.

Emily:
BUT I-I HAD MY EYES CLOSED.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE DID.

Cotton:
THESE ARE PHANTASMS,

FABRICATIONS OF THE MIND.

AND WHO HERE AMONG US
HAS NOT HAD,

EVEN INVOLUNTARILY,
SOME HEATED THOUGHTS?

THIS GIRL HAS BEEN
OVERWHELMED BY THEM.

ESPECIALLY IN THE FACE
OF EXTREME TORTURE

BY MY OWN FATHER.

PUT TO THE RACK,
THREATENED WITH DEATH,

EVEN AN INNOCENT GIRL
MIGHT THINK HERSELF A WITCH,

AND ANY MAN AROUND HER A DEVIL.

[ SPECTATORS MURMUR ]

I SUBMIT TO YOU THAT EVERYTHING
YOU HAVE SEEN HERE TODAY

IS THE RESULT OF TORTURE
WORTHY OF THE INQUISITION!

WHO IS IT
WHO HAS REALLY VIOLATED WOMEN?

JOHN ALDEN?

OR ONE WHO POSSESSES...

AND USES...

TOOLS SUCH AS THIS?!

[ SPECTATORS GASP ]

Increase: HOW DARE YOU?

Cotton: NO, SIR!
HOW DARE YOU?!

[ SPECTATORS CLAMORING ]

Increase: THIS SESSION IS
SUSPENDED FOR THE DAY!

WE WILL RESUME IN THE MORNING
WHEN TEMPERS HAVE COOLED.

John:
THE WHOLE TOWN WANTS TO HANG ME

LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF MONSTER,

LIKE I POSSESS
SOME DARK, MAGIC POWER.

Cotton: AND YOU DO.

John: OH, NOT YOU, TOO.

Cotton: NO.

DON'T BELIEVE YOU'RE A WITCH.

BUT I DO BELIEVE YOU POSSESS
SOMETHING OF DARK, MAGIC POWER.

WHERE IS THE MALUM?

John: WHAT?

Cotton: THE BOX.

THE BOX YOU FOUND

THAT LURED THAT INFERNAL WITCH
TO YOUR HOUSE.

John: WHY?

Cotton: I BELIEVE IT IS
THE FABLED MALUM,

THE KEY TO THE GRAND RITE.

John:
THIS MORE OF YOUR BOOK NONSENSE?

Cotton:
THAT BOX COVERED IN IMAGES --

I BELIEVE IT IS THE
GREATEST WEAPON OF THE WITCHES,

THAT IT CONTAINS SOME KIND OF

SUPERNATURAL
AGENT OF DESTRUCTION

WHICH WILL OPEN WHEN
THE GRAND RITE IS COMPLETED,

RELEASING ITS DOOM
UPON US LIKE...

LIKE THE MYTH OF PANDORA.

John: LOOK, IF THAT THING IS
WHAT YOU SAY IT IS,

AND YOUR FATHER KNOWS
THAT I HAVE IT,

THAT IS THE FINAL NAIL
IN MY COFFIN.

Cotton: AND WHAT IF IT'S
THE ONLY CHANCE WE HAVE?

John: GILES HAS IT.

Cotton: GILES?

GILES COREY IS DEAD.

John:
AND I BURIED IT IN HIS GRAVE.

Cotton: [ INHALES DEEPLY ]

[ COUGHING ]

Increase: [ GRUNTS ]

YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH IT?

Cotton:
FATHER, I MUST SPEAK TO YOU.

Increase: WHAT NOW?

MORE DISRESPECT?

Cotton: NO.

SIR.

I STILL THINK WHAT YOU DO
IS FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG,

THAT THERE MUST BE OTHER WAYS,
BUT...

I AM AFRAID.

DEATHLY AFRAID.

I FEAR,
WHILE WE DISAGREE ON METHODS,

WE ARE BOTH DETERMINED
TO STOP THE GRAND RITE.

Increase: WELL...

I'M GRATIFIED THAT YOU
AT LEAST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT.

Cotton:
THE MAL IS HERE.

OR WAS.

I SAW IT.

I TOUCHED IT, EVEN.

Increase: INDEED?

THEN WHERE IS IT?

Cotton: I DON'T KNOW.

Increase: WELL...

TELL ME WHERE YOU SAW IT.

Cotton:
IN JOHN ALDEN'S HOUSE.

FATHER, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

HE WAS HELPING ME.

IT WAS HE WHO TRAPPED THE WITCH
AND CARRIED HER WITH ME

TO THE WOODS
TO QUESTION AND KILL HER.

Increase:
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IN SOME RESPECTS,
THE WITCHES ARE NOT UNLIKE US.

THEY HAVE FACTIONS.
THEY HAVE POWER STRUGGLES.

YOUR FRIEND ALDEN WAS NOT
TRYING TO CATCH A WITCH.

HE WAS ELIMINATING A RIVAL.

YOU ARE BLINDED
BY YOUR OWN DOUBT,

AND IT WILL DESTROY YOU!

IF I GRANT YOU

THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY
THAT ALDEN IS INNOCENT,

CAN YOU NOT GRANT
THE POSSIBILITY

THAT THERE IS A 1 IN 10,
NAY, A 1 IN 100 CHANCE

THAT I AM RIGHT?!

AND IF I AM,
THOUSANDS WILL PERISH.

THE NATION ITSELF MAY FALL.

CAN WE TAKE THAT CHANCE?
I CANNOT.

CAN YOU?

I TELL YOU, COTTON,

YOU DO NOT KNOW THIS MAN NEARLY
AS WELL AS YOU THINK YOU DO.

Cotton:
I SEARCHED GILES COREY'S GRAVE.

THE MALUM WASN'T THERE.

John: THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
I BURIED IT MYSELF.

Cotton: WHO ELSE KNEW?

John: NO ONE.

JUST YOU.

AND YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

Cotton:
I'M NOT SURE WHAT TO BELIEVE.

I AM CERTAIN ONLY OF TWO THINGS.

ALL OUR LIVES MAY DEPEND ON

FINDING AND DESTROYING
THE MALUM.

John: AND?

Cotton: AND YOU ARE BEING
LESS THAN HONEST WITH ME.

John:
I'VE TOLD YOU EVERYTHING.

[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

John:
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

-Selectman: GET UP.
-Woman: [ SOBBING ]

John:
THOSE GIRLS ARE INNOCENT!

Emily: NO!

[ SCREAMS ]

FORGIVE ME!

IT'S THE ONLY THING I REGRET --
LYING ABOUT YOU!

John: LOOK, I KNOW
WHAT THEY DID TO YOU.

IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.

Selectman: GET OVER HERE!

Emily: [ SOBS ]

John: DAMN YOU!

DO SOMETHING!
THEY'RE JUST GIRLS!

[ GIRLS SOBBING ]

[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

Emily: YOU!
YOU PROMISED YOU'D SPARE US!

Increase: I AM SPARING YOU
THE FLAMES OF THIS WORLD

AND OF THE NEXT.

YOU WILL NOT SUFFER LONG.

A FULL MEASURE OF MERCY
IS BEING ADDED TO YOUR LEGS.

Cotton: LET GO OF ME!

FATHER, YOU LIED!

YOU PROMISED THESE GIRLS
THEY WOULDN'T --

Increase: BURN.

NOR SHALL THEY.

Cotton:
DON'T DO THIS, FATHER.

HOW CAN THIS POSSIBLY HELP?

YOU SAID YOURSELF
THEY WERE VICTIMS!

Increase: SAD BUT TRUE.

BUT THEY'RE TAINTED...
BY THE DEVIL.

I FEAR THEY CARRY HIS VERY SEED.

Cotton:
HOW CAN YOU BE CERTAIN?

Increase: I AM CERTAIN.

I AM CERTAIN OF THE THREAT
THEY POSE TO SALEM,

JUST AS I AM CERTAIN THAT
YOUR WEAKNESS POSES A THREAT.

BUT ABOVE ALL,
I AM CERTAIN THAT,

LIKE A SURGEON,
I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO CUT OUT

THE MALIGNANT
MANIFESTATION OF MALICE

BEFORE IT CAN SPREAD
ANY FURTHER.

Cotton: NO! STOP!

Emily: PLEASE HELP ME!
PLEASE! PLEASE!

Selectman: GET BACK!

[ GIRLS GASP ]

Woman: BURN IN HELL!

LET THEM BURN!

[ TOWNSPEOPLE SHOUTING ]

John: [ GASPS ]

Dollie: [ SOBS ]

MERCY!

WHERE ARE YOU?!

MERCY!

Mercy: WHAT IS IT?

DOLLIE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED?

Dollie: EMILY, ELIZABETH,
SUSANNA, AND CHARITY --

INCREASE MATHER
HAS HUNG THEM ALL.

YOU SWORE
THAT THEY WOULD BE SAFE,

BUT THEY'RE DEAD!

ALL OF THEM HAVE BEEN KILLED!

YOU SAID
YOUR MASTER WOULD PROTECT US,

AND SHE DID NOTHING!

[ SOBS ]

Mercy: GO BACK TO SALEM.

GATHER THE YOUNG,

THE POOR, THE SUFFERING.

THEY WILL BE OUR ARMY.

A NEW DAY IS UPON US.

AND THAT NEW DAY DEMANDS

A NEW QUEEN OF THE NIGHT!

[ CHURCH BELL TOLLS ]

Increase: I KNOW THAT SO MANY
OF YOU FIND IT HARD TO ACCEPT,

IMPOSSIBLE TO BELIEVE
THAT JOHN ALDEN,

SON OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDERS AND
A BRAVE SOLDIER IN OUR DEFENSE,

IS GUILTY OF MALEFIC WITCHCRAFT.

FINE.

FINE!

SUSPEND YOUR BELIEF OR NOT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER.

THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS
THAT ALDEN...BE CONVICTED

AND SENTENCED
FOR WHAT HE TRULY IS,

A TRAITOR AND A MURDERER.

Cotton: WHAT?

WHATEVER DO YOU MEAN?

Increase: I SUBMIT THAT WHILE
JOHN ALDEN WAS WITH THE INDIANS,

HE NOT ONLY TOOK UP WITH THEM.

HE TOOK UP ARMS
AGAINST HIS OWN PEOPLE,

SLAUGHTERING MILITIAMEN
IN HIS OWN COMPANY,

GOOD NEW ENGLAND MEN,
EVERY ONE OF THEM.

I SWEAR THIS TO BE TRUE.

AND I DARE JOHN ALDEN
TO DENY IT!

I DARE YOU TO TELL ME

THAT YOU DID NOT PAINT YOUR FACE
AS A HEATHEN INDIAN

AND SMASH THE SKULLS OF MEN
IN YOUR OWN COMPANY!

Cotton:
OUTRAGEOUS ACCUSATIONS!

WHEREVER DID YOU FIND
SUCH NONSENSE?

Increase: I HAVE SWORN TESTIMONY
FROM THE SLAVE TITUBA!

Cotton: AHA!

LIES AND FANTASIES.

Increase: LIES?
CAPTAIN?

FANTASIES?

DO YOU DISPUTE THE CHARGES?

SPEAK.

Cotton:
CAPTAIN...IS THIS ALL TRUE?

John: EVERY SANE MAN IN THIS
PLACE KNOWS I AIN'T A WITCH.

Increase: ARE YOU A TRAITOR?

ARE YOU A MURDERER?

Cotton: DAMN YOU, JOHN.
ANSWER HIM.

Increase: SO, YOU SEE...

SOMETIMES, SILENCE CAN BE THE
MOST ELOQUENT CONFESSION OF ALL.

I HAVE NO DOUBT,
NOT A SLIVER OF A DOUBT,

THAT JOHN ALDEN IS A WITCH.

BUT...EVEN HAD I NOT...

I WOULD STILL MAINTAIN

THAT HE MUST HANG
FOR CRIMES HE WILL NOT DENY.

AND NOR SHOULD YOU.

Cotton: FOR GOD'S SAKE,
TELL ME MY FATHER IS WRONG.

TELL ME YOU ARE NOT THE MAN
HE SAYS YOU ARE.

John:
WHAT DOES IT MATTER NOW?

Cotton: IT MATTERS TO ME --

WHETHER YOU DUPED ME
ALL THIS TIME.

John:
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT THE TRUTH?

ARE YOU REALLY DAMN SURE

YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL?

'CAUSE YOU PURITANS,

YOU THINK THE WORLD IS JUST
BLACK AND WHITE.

WHAT IF THE TRUTH OF THE WORLD
IS THAT IT'S NOTHING BUT GRAY?

AFTER THE BATTLE
OF THE GREAT SWAMP,

I WAS LEFT FOR DEAD.

BUT I WAS FOUND BY THE MOHAWK --

NOT THE INDIANS WE FOUGHT, NO.

THE MOHAWK AREN'T OUR FRIENDS,

BUT THEY ARE THE ENEMIES
OF THE ABENAKI WE FIGHT.

IN ALL HONESTY, I...

I DON'T THINK I'LL EVER
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY SAVED ME.

IT IS A MYSTERY TO ME
TO THIS DAY.

THE SCAR YOUR OLD MAN FOUND

HE SAID WAS FROM FEEDING
A FAMILIAR?

THAT WAS FROM DIGGING
A BALL OF LEAD OUT OF ME

AND HEALING IT
WITH THEIR MEDICINES.

Cotton:
THEY HELD YOU FOR RANSOM?

John: NO.

THEY TREATED ME
WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT.

AND THEIR HOLY MEN TOOK
AN INTEREST IN ME.

I'M NOT EVEN SURE WHY
OR WHAT HE SAW IN ME,

BUT IF HE HADN'T...

I'D BE DEAD.

SO I LIVED AMONGST THEM.

I SHARED THEIR FOOD
AND THEIR SHELTER.

I EVEN HUNTED WITH THEM.

ONE DAY, ME AND A FEW BRAVES
RETURNED FROM A HUNT

TO FIND THE VILLAGE HAD BEEN
BURNED TO THE GROUND.

THE WOMEN AND THE CHILDREN,
THEY'RE ALL SCATTERED

LIKE DEAD, FALLEN LEAVES,
SLAUGHTERED.

Cotton:
BY THE ABENAKI?

John: NO.

MILITIA.

OUR MILITIA.

COULDN'T EVEN BE BOTHERED

TO TELL ONE INDIAN TRIBE
FROM ANOTHER.

A RED FOG DESCENDED UPON ME,

AND IT DID NOT LIFT
UNTIL I RAN THROUGH THOSE WOODS

AND KILLED
EVERY ONE OF THOSE BASTARDS,

EVERYONE BUT ONE.

AND THAT I CORRECTED
THE NIGHT I FOUND THE BOX.

Cotton: AND THE MALUM?

John: I DIDN'T KNOW NOTHING
ABOUT THAT.

YOU SAID IT WAS SOMETHING
THAT THE WITCHES WANTED BADLY.

WHEN WE LOST THAT WITCH
IN THE WOODS,

I THOUGHT IT WAS BEST
TO HIDE IT,

SO, LIKE I TOLD YOU,
I BURIED IT WITH GILES.

Cotton:
WELL, THEN SOMEONE UNBURIED IT.

John: MAYBE YOU HAVE NOTHING
TO WORRY ABOUT, THEN,

BECAUSE ACCORDING TO
YOUR FATHER,

I AM THE WITCH BEHIND IT.

SO, ALL YOU HAVE TO DO
IS HANG ME,

AND THEN EVERYTHING WILL BE
JUST FINE.

Cotton:
WHAT I CAN'T FIGURE OUT,

WHAT I AM TRYING TO SURMISE,

IS, AFTER ALL OF THIS,

AFTER EVERYTHING
WE'VE BEEN THROUGH --

YOU NEEDED A FRIEND OR A PAWN?

Mary:
[ SNIFFLES, SIGHS ]

Isaac:
WEEPING DON'T HELP.

TRUST ME.

DONE MY FAIR SHARE.

Mary: [ GASPS ]

ISAAC.

GOD, YOU'RE STILL BLEEDING.

Isaac:
AROUND HERE, WHO AIN'T?

Mary: [ SOBBING ]

WHAT HAVE I DONE?

Isaac: I KNOW NONE OF THIS
IS YOUR FAULT,

AND ALL OF IT'S MINE.

HE WAS ON HIS WAY
OUT OF TOWN THAT DAY.

I STOPPED HIM.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME,
HE'D BE LONG GONE.

NONE OF THIS
WOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

I MIGHT AS WELL PULL THE ROPE
MYSELF IN THE MORNING.

I'VE AS GOOD AS KILLED
JOHN ALDEN.

BUT YOU...

YOU CAN SAVE HIM.

Mary: I CAN'T.
I CAN'T!

Isaac: YOU'RE MARY.

YOU'RE MARY.

THEY ALL CALL YOU MARY SIBLEY.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I CALL YOU

IN MY HEAD, TO MYSELF,
IN MY HEART?

"MAGIC MARY."

YOU WERE ALWAYS MAGIC,

EVEN BACK
WHEN WE WAS JUST SPROUTS.

AND YOU COULD DO ANYTHING --

ALWAYS COULD.

YOU JUST HAVE TO
WANT IT BAD ENOUGH.

AND YOU DO.

DON'T YOU?

YOU DO WANT JOHN ALDEN TO LIVE.

John:
HOW DID YOU GET IN HERE?

Mary:
THEY WILL HANG YOU TOMORROW.

John: "THEY"?

WELL, AREN'T YOU ONE OF THEM,
MRS. SIBLEY?

Mary: SOMETIMES,
I NO LONGER REMEMBER WHO I AM.

BUT I KNOW WHO YOU ARE --

AN INNOCENT MAN.

John: [ CHUCKLES ]
HARDLY.

NOW IT'S ALMOST FUNNY.

SALEM FINALLY SENTENCED
SOMEONE TO DIE

FOR SOMETHING
THEY'VE ACTUALLY DONE.

GO HOME, MARY.

GO BACK TO YOUR LIFE,
MRS. SIBLEY.

Mary:
YOU ARE MY LIFE.

John: WELL, IT'S A LITTLE LATE
FOR THAT THOUGHT.

Mary:
I'LL NOT LET YOU HANG.

I CAN SAVE YOU.

John:
THE GOOD PEOPLE OF SALEM,

THE PEOPLE
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO SAVE,

THEY ALL WANT ME DEAD.

THEY THINK
I'M THE DEVIL HIMSELF.

I'M NO DEVIL.

BUT I AM GUILTY OF TREASON...

AND MURDER.

AND I'M READY TO HANG FOR IT.

BESIDES...

I'M AWFULLY TIRED.

TIRED OF LIVING WITHOUT YOU.

Mary: THERE'S STILL A WAY
FOR US TO BE TOGETHER.

John: IT'S OVER.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?

HAVE YOU GONE MAD
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE IN THIS TOWN?

Mary:
JOHN, I PROMISE YOU --

John: NO, DON'T.

NEITHER OF US IS VERY GOOD
WITH PROMISES, SO NO MORE VOWS.

Mary: LISTEN TO ME.

John:
I AM LISTENING TO YOU,

AND YOU AREN'T MAKING ANY SENSE.

LOOK AROUND YOU.

THESE ARE STONE WALLS.
[ SCOFFS ]

[ GATE RATTLES ]
BARRED WINDOWS,

AN IRON DOOR.

RIGHT ABOVE US,
A THICK ROPE AWAITING MY NECK.

THOSE ARE THE STUBBORN FACTS.

AND ALL THE LOVE IN THE WORLD

CAN'T CHANGE
A SINGLE ONE OF THEM.

Mary: YOU'RE WRONG.

LOVE IS STRONGER THAN FACT,
STRONGER THAN EVERYTHING.

BUT I TELL YOU, JOHN,

THERE IS STILL A PLACE FOR US
IN THIS WORLD.

John: ONLY IN DREAMS.

Mary: ALL RIGHT, THEN.

ONE LAST TIME...

DREAM WITH ME.